An Introduction to Islamic LawThis book presents a broad account of the present knowledge of the history and outlines the system of Islamic law. Showing that Islamic law is the key to understanding the essence of one of the great world religions, this book explores how it still influences the laws of contemporary Islamicstates, and is in itself a remarkable manifestation of legal thought. |
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Page 49
... Abbasids in 132 of the hijra ( A.D. 750 ) , Islamic law as we know it had acquired its essential features ; the need of Arab Muslim society for a new legal system had been filled . The early ' Abbasids continued and reinforced the ...
... Abbasids in 132 of the hijra ( A.D. 750 ) , Islamic law as we know it had acquired its essential features ; the need of Arab Muslim society for a new legal system had been filled . The early ' Abbasids continued and reinforced the ...
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... Abbasids , while maintaining his functions , superficially Islamicized this office by entrusting its holder with discharging the collective obligation , enjoined in the Koran , ' to ' encourage good and discourage evil ' , making him ...
... Abbasids , while maintaining his functions , superficially Islamicized this office by entrusting its holder with discharging the collective obligation , enjoined in the Koran , ' to ' encourage good and discourage evil ' , making him ...
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... Abbasids to power had made extravagant claims for the divine kingship of the ' cousins of the Prophet ' . Though the ' Abbasids , once they had attained their goal , quickly dissociated themselves from the more extremist of their ...
... Abbasids to power had made extravagant claims for the divine kingship of the ' cousins of the Prophet ' . Though the ' Abbasids , once they had attained their goal , quickly dissociated themselves from the more extremist of their ...
Contents
HISTORICAL SECTION | 6 |
The First Century of Islam | 15 |
The Umayyad Administration and the First | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Abbasids administration AḤMAD āķila Algiers ancient schools applied Arabic aşaba authority become blood-money BOUSQUET BRUNSCHVIG Cairo caliph claim Code concept concerning consensus contract countervalue customary law Death debt developed dhimmi doctrine droit musulman Études evidence existence favour GOLDZIHER hadd ḥadd punishment Hanafi Hanbali hijra hiyal homicide husband Ibn Taymiyya ijtihad imām inheritance instance Iraqian Islamic law istiḥsān jurisprudence kadhf ķāḍī kaffāra khiyār Kitāb Koran Kufa law of family legal subject-matter legal thought Leiden liability mahr Maliki manumission marriage Medina MUHAMMAD Muslim niyya oath object obligation opinion Origins Ottoman owner ownership Paris parties penal law person practice principle prohibition Prophet recognized regard religious law repudiation restricted retaliation ribā right of rescission rules sacred Law SCHACHT scholars schools of law Shafi'i shari'a Shiite Shorter E.I. slave specialists stipulated sunna systematic taʼzīr theory Traditionists traditions transactions transl Umayyad unlawful intercourse usurper valid wakf wife witnesses